Social distancing could be a blessing in disguise if you take the opportunity to follow these tips for improving your living space and the value of your home too. Many of us are using our time at home during this period of self-isolation to get organised in our homes...

We are spending a lot of time at home at the moment, so make the most of your free time. Here’s our guide to making the most out of lockdown. If you’ve pretty much completed all of Netflix and the idea of spending another day on the sofa looking at memes...

Out-of-date foods and medicines lurking in our cupboards It seems we are a nation of complete hoarders when it comes to the contents of our cupboards, a new survey commissioned by Healthspan reveals. It seems Brits hoard everything from old vitamins to cough medicines...

Travel-related consumer rights queries increase as disease spreads. Consumer advice service UK European Consumer Centre (UK ECC) is urging UK consumers to check the new coronavirus advice pages on its website, or contact its advisors, if they’re not sure of their...

Experts have warned that simply keeping cash hidden away at home is not an effective way of saving. While bank accounts and ISAs provide ways in which people can save more formally, many Britons have turned away from traditional saving methods to manage their money...

The lockdown has put a lot of people under financial stress, thankfully Peter McGahan has tips for taking back control of your money. Keeping your head in difficult times is a tough task, but pays dividends, something many large UK companies will struggle to do this...

The benefits of walking for our physical well-being are well documentedbut a 30 minute daily walk can help reduce stress and anxiety too. How will I benefit physically from walking regularly? Walking at a brisk pace – making your heart beat faster, but where you...

Over-50s – especially Britons who are overweight – should stay at home during the coronavirus crisis to protect the NHS, an expert has claimed. The Daily Mail reports that Mike Fischer CBE, who runs a medical research lab in Oxford, warned the actions of...

This year’s Wild About Gardens campaign, Grow a Secret Garden for Butterflies, run jointly by The Wildlife Trusts and Royal Horticultural Society (RHS), is calling on gardeners to get growing to help the UK’s falling numbers of butterflies and moths. Mature Times...

Many gardeners are often thinking about how to attract more creatures to their plot through nectar-rich plants, bird food and good garden practices. But what if you are killing your wildlife with kindness? Are you unwittingly putting out the wrong scraps for animals,...